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== April 2012 ==
 
== April 2012 ==
* Six miners in Yunnan [https://nypost.com/2020/08/15/covid-19-first-appeared-in-chinese-miners-in-2012-scientists/:were hospitalised] with symptoms very similar to a SARS-CoV-2 infection after catching coronavirus strain RaTG13/CoV4991. Three miners died. Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers collected tissue samples, and later visited the caves to acquire more material.
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* Six miners in Yunnan [https://nypost.com/2020/08/15/covid-19-first-appeared-in-chinese-miners-in-2012-scientists/ were hospitalised] with symptoms very similar to a SARS-CoV-2 infection after catching coronavirus strain RaTG13/CoV4991. Three miners died. Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers collected tissue samples, and later visited the caves to acquire more material.
  
 
== October 2014 ==
 
== October 2014 ==
* US government [https://www.nature.com/articles/514411a:ceases funding] of gain-of-function research that makes viruses more dangerous, pending further risk assessment.  
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* US government [https://www.nature.com/articles/514411a ceases funding] of gain-of-function research that makes viruses more dangerous, pending further risk assessment.  
  
 
== November 2015 ==
 
== November 2015 ==
* Research into a lab-made coronavirus related to SARS-CoV [https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2015.18787:stirred debate] over whether the pandemic potential was worth the risk.     
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* Research into a lab-made coronavirus related to SARS-CoV [https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2015.18787 stirred debate] over whether the pandemic potential was worth the risk.     
  
 
== December 2017 ==
 
== December 2017 ==
* NIH [https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-lifts-funding-pause-gain-function-research:restarts funding] of Gain-of-Function research.
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* NIH [https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-lifts-funding-pause-gain-function-research restarts funding] of gain-of-function research.
  
 
== March 2018 ==
 
== March 2018 ==
* EcoHealth Alliance submits [https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-grant-darpa/:grant proposal to DARPA] to insert furin cleavage sites into SARS-CoV viruses to more efficiently bind to human cells
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* EcoHealth Alliance submits [https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-grant-darpa/ grant proposal to DARPA] to insert furin cleavage sites into SARS-CoV viruses to more efficiently bind to human cells
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== January 2019 ==
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* Japan [https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00386/japan-gripped-by-major-flu-outbreak.html gripped by] worst flu outbreak on record
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== March 2019 ==
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* SARS-CoV-2 genome detected in Spanish [https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.13.20129627v1 wastewater samples]
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== May 2019 ==
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* China [https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Most-read-in-2021/China-PCR-test-orders-soared-before-first-confirmed-COVID-case doubles purchases] of PCR tests
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* SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abe1107 present] in UK
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== June 2019 ==
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* Australia [https://thewest.com.au/news/public-health/wa-flu-deaths-spike-800-per-cent-in-horror-season-ng-b881240641z gripped by] worst flu outbreak on record
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== July 2019 ==
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* EVALI '[http://www.stdaily.com/English/ChinaNews/2021-08/04/content_1210957.shtml outbreak]' in Wisconsin with symptoms very similar to those of SARS-CoV-2 infections
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* Unknown respiratory illness [https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/health-officials-to-give-update-after-respiratory-illness-sickens-dozens-at-virginia-retirement-community/135890/ outbreak] in Virginia nursing home sickens dozens of elderly residents with fever and pneumonia
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== August 2019 ==
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* Analysis [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/coronavirus-may-have-been-in-wuhan-in-august-study-suggests finds indirect indicators] that virus was present in Wuhan
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* Fort Detrick biolab is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Detrick#2019_closure_and_resumption_of_operations shut down for three months] due to breaches of containment
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== September 2019 ==
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* SARS-CoV-2 RNA [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3883274 present in Italian skin biopsies]
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* SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/publication/33176598 present in Italian blood samples]
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* Wuhan Institute of Virology takes it's pathogen database offline (containing 22,000 bat and rodent specimens)
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* US [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/25/health/predict-usaid-viruses.html shuts down] the 'Predict' research programme, which sought to identify animal viruses that might infect humans
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== October 2019 ==
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Military_World_Games 2019 Military World Games] held in Wuhan, with 9,308 athletes from 109 countries competing in 329 events over the span of 9 days. Athletes present [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10382127/Canadian-military-officer-calls-probe-ground-zero-Covid-outbreak-Wuhan-games.html describe] getting sick, and Wuhan being a "ghost town".
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* US Consulate General in Wuhan [https://statemag.state.gov/2020/04/0420feat05/ aware] of a severe respiratory illness circulating
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* Maryland hospitals receive [https://archive.ph/qbNoi an influx of patients] suffering from respiratory illnesses. The majority tested negative for influenza.
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* John Hopkins, WEF and the Gates Foundation host a simulation of a novel zoonotic coronavirus pandemic ([https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/scenario.html "Event 201"])
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* SARS-CoV-2 antigens present in [https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.20.20156372v1.full plasma samples in Boston, MA]
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== November 2019 ==
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* SARS-CoV-2 RNA [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721012651 present in] human wastewater in Santa Catarina, Brazil
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* SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-020-00716-2 present in French blood samples]
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* Unofficial Chinese "patient zero" [https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back traced back] to November 17
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* French thoracic scans show [https://www.fondation-diaconat.fr/images/Presse/2020/CP-HAS-Imagerie-mdicale-7-mai-2020.pdf lung damage] indicative of COVID infection
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* US intelligence agencies ''allegedly'' [https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-alerted-israel-nato-to-disease-outbreak-in-china-in-november-report/ alert] NATO and Israel to an emerging disease in Wuhan
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* US intelligence report [https://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligence-on-sick-staff-at-wuhan-lab-fuels-debate-on-covid-19-origin-11621796228 claims] three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalised
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== December 2019 ==
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* Symptoms start for the official "patient zero" in China. This person had no connection to Huanan Seafood Market
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* Wuhan Municipal Health Commission [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7095345/ reports] 27 cases of viral pneumonia on Dec 12th
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* Professor Ian Lipkin [https://www.ft.com/content/6e9b4fe7-b26e-45b9-acbd-2b24d182e914 learns] of coronavirus outbreak in China in mid-December
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* SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/prevalence-of-antibodies-against-sarscov2-among-pregnant-women-in-norway-during-the-period-december-2019-through-december-2020/0178544CC4F04FC0A55C7B0BD5F28AB8 present in Norwegian blood samples]
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* SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/72/12/e1004/6012472?login=false present in American blood samples]
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* SARS-CoV-2 RNA [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720352402 present in Milan and Turin wastewater samples (Italy)]
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* SARS-CoV-2 RNA found in [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.886317/full blood and lungs] of cadaver from Milan
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* Virus [https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.16.20229047v1 likely present in Iran]
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* French man (with no history of travel) hospitalised for pneumonia. Samples later [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-coronavirus-paris-hospital-cases-december-deaths-latest-a9499406.html test positive] for SARS-CoV-2
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* SARS-CoV-2 detected by commerical laboratory (Vision Medicals) in Guangzhou on Dec 26th
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* Dr. Zhang Jixian of Hubei reports the new virus to Chinese health authorities on Dec 27th
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* Wuhan Health Commission alerts Chinese CDC and WHO on Dec 31st
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== January 2020 ==
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* First official case [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51108726 reported] outside of China
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* First official European case in France
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* China [https://archive.ph/y5uww confirms] human to human transmission of SARS-CoV-2
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* China [https://archive.ph/Pvcpz announces] lockdown of Wuhan
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* SARS-CoV-2 RNA [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720352402 present] in wastewater samples in Bologna, Italy
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* SARS-CoV-2 RNA present in [https://theconversation.com/was-coronavirus-really-in-europe-in-march-2019-141582 Spanish wastewater samples]
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* English death [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-uk-china-death-peter-attwood-b421030.html retroactively labeled as a COVID death]
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* Wuhan crematories [https://www.newsweek.com/wuhan-covid-19-death-toll-may-tens-thousands-data-cremations-shipments-urns-suggest-1494914 observed] to operating 24 hours a day instead of a typical 4 hours
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* WHO declares public health emergency on Jan 30th
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== February 2020 ==
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* First official Italian case
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* First official Spanish case
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* Tencent News [https://archive.ph/mZM0y accidentally publishes] COVID case figures much higher than the official Chinese numbers
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== May 2020 ==
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* [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33720905/ 90% of 'uninfected' Canadians] show antibody cross-reactivity to SARS-CoV-2, suggesting widespread prior immunity

Latest revision as of 12:06, 7 August 2022

April 2012

  • Six miners in Yunnan were hospitalised with symptoms very similar to a SARS-CoV-2 infection after catching coronavirus strain RaTG13/CoV4991. Three miners died. Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers collected tissue samples, and later visited the caves to acquire more material.

October 2014

  • US government ceases funding of gain-of-function research that makes viruses more dangerous, pending further risk assessment.

November 2015

  • Research into a lab-made coronavirus related to SARS-CoV stirred debate over whether the pandemic potential was worth the risk.

December 2017

March 2018

  • EcoHealth Alliance submits grant proposal to DARPA to insert furin cleavage sites into SARS-CoV viruses to more efficiently bind to human cells

January 2019

March 2019

May 2019

June 2019

July 2019

  • EVALI 'outbreak' in Wisconsin with symptoms very similar to those of SARS-CoV-2 infections
  • Unknown respiratory illness outbreak in Virginia nursing home sickens dozens of elderly residents with fever and pneumonia

August 2019

September 2019

October 2019

  • 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, with 9,308 athletes from 109 countries competing in 329 events over the span of 9 days. Athletes present describe getting sick, and Wuhan being a "ghost town".
  • US Consulate General in Wuhan aware of a severe respiratory illness circulating
  • Maryland hospitals receive an influx of patients suffering from respiratory illnesses. The majority tested negative for influenza.
  • John Hopkins, WEF and the Gates Foundation host a simulation of a novel zoonotic coronavirus pandemic ("Event 201")
  • SARS-CoV-2 antigens present in plasma samples in Boston, MA

November 2019

  • SARS-CoV-2 RNA present in human wastewater in Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • SARS-CoV-2 antibodies present in French blood samples
  • Unofficial Chinese "patient zero" traced back to November 17
  • French thoracic scans show lung damage indicative of COVID infection
  • US intelligence agencies allegedly alert NATO and Israel to an emerging disease in Wuhan
  • US intelligence report claims three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology were hospitalised

December 2019

January 2020

February 2020

  • First official Italian case
  • First official Spanish case
  • Tencent News accidentally publishes COVID case figures much higher than the official Chinese numbers

May 2020